A elderly woman in Alaska couldn't say good-bye just yet when her husband died recently — so she put his casket in her truck and took him for a days-long traveling wake.

Police say the 78-year-old man died from natural causes on Prince of Wales Island, according to the Ketchikan Daily News.

His wife, who was not named, took his body to Ketchikan.

Police in Alaska say an elderly woman took her dead husband from Prince of Wales Island to Ketchikan (pictured) for a days-long traveling wake

'The body was in that (casket) and supposed to be destined for the mortuary, but for some reason she decided to not go directly to the mortuary and had been driving around with him for a couple days,' Ketchikan Police Chief Alan Bengaard told the Daily News.

'My understanding is kind of — leading up to the events of the last couple days — there's been a rolling wake or viewing,' he added.